Republicans reject weekly White House meetings with Truman
GOP leaders ruled out regular weekly talks with President Truman to avoid harmony efforts. Speaker-designate Joseph W. Martin Jr and Senate leader Taft both faulted frequent executive liaison. Taft named Wallace White as Senate leader while Dirksen vies for the House post against Jenkins Browns and Halleck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
House
G.O.P. Congress
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Taft
Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
Everett M. Dirksen
RNL
Dirksen
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Clarence J. Browns
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
WAA Charges Profiteering In Surpluses
Washington based War Assets Administration accuses state county and local officials of illegal profiteering on surplus property. Violations include local officials using priorities for personal gain selling at cost to relatives or profiting from resale. DoJ referrals and actions by U S attorneys are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
War ‘Assets Administration
WAA
Department of Justice
United States
Robert M. Littlejohn
Stockholm Rail Station Bombed Seventh Time This Month
A bomb exploded at the Central Stockholm railroad station on Saturday night, injuring none seriously but causing shock as crowds fled. Police doubt the attacker, evacuated the station, and reported damage to the front wall and nearby buildings along Vasagata. The blast follows a string of similar explosions with no casualties so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Vasagata Street
Egyptian Students Rally for Revolution Against Britain
Cairo Fuad el Awal University students cheered proposals for a revolution against Britain and demanded scrapping of Anglo Egyptian treaty negotiations. A Wafdist leader praised Russia saying it would support Egypt in a revolution and before the UN Security Council if pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Fuad el Awal University
Britain
Egypt
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Winter Weather Sweeps Central States With Big Freeze
The first widespread winter weather moved into the central United States with more snow in Illinois and Michigan. Cold Arctic air from Canada spread over the Central Plains toward the Mississippi and Great Lakes regions as temperatures fell to five to ten degrees above zero in North Dakota and northeastern Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Dakota
Montana
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Seaboard
Illinois
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Salt Lake City
Real First Winter Siege Hits Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa face a sharp cold snap as night temperatures fall below freezing. By 9 p.m. the mercury stood at 25 degrees and continued to drop with forecast lows in the low twenties Sunday morning. Saturday's high reached 33, slipping to 30 by afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Mercury
British delegate says Soviet Union out of step on veto at UN
In Lake Success New York on the UN committee debate British envoy Philip Noel-Baker argued the Soviet Union often blocked consensus and urged voluntary restrictions on veto use. France China and the United States echoed limits while Philippines’ Romulo proposed weighted voting and a stronger General Assembly with world policing powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Baker
League of Nations
Soviet Union
Alexandrei Parodi
France
V. K. Wellington Koo
China
United States
Vishinsky
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
U.N
General Assembly
Lincoln car sold for 25 dollars in Concord
A 1925 Lincoln automobile owned by Brig. Gen. Charles F. Bowen was sold in Concord New Hampshire for 25 dollars. Bowen called the car obsolete and in poor condition noting it had no battery or tires and was valuable only as scrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.H
Charles F. Bowen
Porterhouse Prices Fall in New York City Market Survey
New York City markets show porterhouse steak dropping 31 percent in a month. Department of Markets reports totals for week ending Oct 17 at 1.00 per lb and Nov 14 at 0.69 per lb across independent and chain stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Department of Markets
Black Marketeers Ordered Ousted From D P Camps
UNRRA Director General Fiorello H. LaGuardia ordered all black marketeers expelled from displaced persons camps in Europe. He instructed Gen. Sir Humphrey Gale to issue directives to camp directors after military consultation, stating any person trading in goods or currency shall lose displaced person status and be expelled.
Committee To Visit Four U N Headquarters Sites
A U S subcommittee of about 35 members will begin a two week inspection tour to potential permanent UN sites. They will visit Philadelphia San Francisco Boston and return to New York to assess the four areas under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
U. N
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Boston
New York
Kerr Reported Slated as New Demos Chief
Washington AP Gov Robert S Kerr of Oklahoma was reported as the likely Democratic national chairman pick to replace Robert J Hannegan if he resigns in January President Truman reportedly favors Kerr a 1944 convention stalwart Kerr served as a strong Roosevelt ally and oilman whose ties reach into conservative Southern Democrats The move would signal party leadership changes amid a GOP controlled Congress and questions on Truman's ability to work with Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Taft
Senate
House
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Robert J .E. Hannegan
Truman
Kerr
Hannegan
Walter Reed Hospital
Democratic Committee
Roy Turner
Southwestern
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
G.O.P
Illinois Bell weighs rate increase to lift earnings
Chicago officials of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company considered a rate increase on Saturday citing earnings down to their lowest levels in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Finish Fight Forecast on Coal Issue
Government moves to curb coal supply as miners face a nationwide walkout. Interior Secretary Krug orders halt to coal releases at mines docks and transit to conserve stock. Rules ban releasing coal on tracks yards and at loading ports with limited emergency exceptions. The UMW dispute pits President Truman against John L. Lewis as stocks dwindle and rationing looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Interior
Krug
Great Lakes
Tidewater
The
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Truman
UMW
Solid Fuels Administration
Lewis
United States
Heat pump could heat homes from ground warmth
In St Louis, Union Electric tests a ground source heat pump to heat homes. An 800 foot buried coil transfers ground heat to a refrigeration unit in the basement, delivering about 125 degree air. Seasonal costs may compare with other fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Union Electric Company of
Missouri
E. A. Freund
Union Electric
George Whitlow
Freund
Whitlow
VFW Guards Against Subversive Elements
A Veterans of Foreign Wars spokesman said the organization screens membership applicants to keep out subversive elements. Mark Kinsey of Kansas City said the program is part of a broader campaign against un American activities and that groups have been refused charters for ties to un American organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mark Kinsey
Kansas City
National Americanism
Sinclair Boosts Oil Workers Wage
Sinclair Oil Corporation and subsidiaries reach a one year cost of living wage adjustment with the Oil Workers International Union for a nine month index period ending Sept. 30 1946. The raise totals 31.20 monthly or 18 cents per hour based on a 40 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
H. F. Sinclair
Sinclair
A. O. Knight
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Knight
Searchers Reach Airliner Wreckage
Western Air Lines chief pilot said nine ground posse members reached the White Mountain wreckage where a Western plane with 11 aboard crashed Wednesday. He said no evidence of survivors was seen and all aboard were presumed dead. The report came via walkie talkie from the main search party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Marshall Wooster
Western Air Lines
White Mountain
Wooster
Quintuplets Report A Typographical Error
Ahmad Zahran said in Beirout that a report of his 25 year old wife Fatima delivering quintuplets was a typographical error. She actually gave birth to triplets, which he called bad enough. He said he must feed two wives in addition to the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beyrouth
Levant
Ahmad Zahran
Fatima
Zahran
Grocery and Hatchery Go Up in Flames in Marion
A late night blaze destroyed the Me Too store and the Gordon Hatchery in Marion, with total losses near 100000 dollars. Fire gained headway around 11 p.m. as 14 Marion firemen and Cedar Rapids volunteers battled the flames. no casualties. The Me Too building belonged to the W. A. Drake Company and contained merchandise. hatchery contents included incubators and feeds. The Albert Jelinek bakery nearby was spared, while Bill's Tire Shop faced smoke and water damage. The fire prompted Cedar Rapids support and a late-night mayoral call for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Newa
Me Too
Marion
Gordon Hatchery
Seventh Avenue
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
H. Biddick
American Legion Hall
Marion Fire Department
W. A. Drake Company
Moa Too
Cedar Rapids
Maynard Downey
Drake Company
Hugh Gordon
Albert Jelinek
Bill
Fourth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Marion Department
John C. Mullin
Also Mentioned on This Page
White
Central States
D.P. Camps
Sports Financial
Drew Pearson
Bqeil
Eoaeres
Demos
O.K
SFA
VFW
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!